Plant support



Jan. 3, 1933. o. AMULLER 1,893,335

l 3 PLANT SUPPORT Filed Aug. 4, 1930 INVENTOR: OZO .741. Muller Patented `lari. 3, 1933 UNITED STATES narrar @orti-QE;

o'r'ro A; MULLER, or Aiviniiiin, 'rniiigisnvania PLANT SUPPORT Application filed August 4, 1930. "'Sera1"j].\To'.472,894. v

i string or cord; another object is to providev a novel means for holding the standard in different positions of adjustment; and another object is to provide a novel means for bracing the lower portion of the standard.

iVith the foregoing and related objects in view, the invention consists of the elements and the combinations of them hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention,

Figure l is a side view of my improved plant support inserted into the ground or soil.

Figure 2 is a side view of the standard re- -J moved from the brace.

Figure 3 is a side view of the standard showing the two members thereof twisted to hold them in a position of adjustment.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the support, on line 4-4 of Fig. l.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section of the standard, on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, 2 designates a standard and 3 a brace therefor.

The brace 3 is formed of a single piece of wire which is bent to form the several parts thereof and it comprises a horizontal portion 6 provided with downwardly extending legs 7 which are adapted to be inserted into the D earth or soil. The horizontal portion 6 in the central region thereof, is provided with several bends or helices 8 which surround a vertical axis and form an eye for the reception of the lower end portion of the stand* ard 2.

The standard 2 comprises upper and lower members 9 and 10, respectively, which extend in vertical directions or substantially so, and

which are each formed of a single piece ofY 50 wire.

V' The lowerportion of the uppermeniber-9 laps the upper portion of the lowermember l0, as illustrated in thedrawing. The lower yend lportion offthe upper rvmember.9is provided with one or'mcre bends or lhelices l1l 5.5 which surround Vthe flower member 10;` and the upperfend portion of the-lowermember 10 is yprovided l,with one or more bends .or

elices l2 which vsurroundxthe upper'mem- Y The -bendsorhelices ll and l2. form eyes through which the members 10 and 9, vrespectively, are adapted lto slideltoincrease Vor decreaset-helength ofthe'lapping portions. of the membersand therebyshorten or length- .en the standardas a whole, as desired."

VTWhen the standardv2-hasbeen adjusted to the ildesiredwlength [the Y,friction between the members 9 and 10 thereof'will holdthem in their adjusted position; and .in addition theretofafter the-.standard yhas been adjusted, fthe lapping portions of themeinbers ,9 'and l() may be twisted together slightly by hand, as shown inFig. .3,which will create sutii'cient friction between the members toresis't great 75 pressure tending to V'disturb theirl adjusted relation. l'After the lapping portions of the members have been twisted as shown in Fig. 3, they may be easily and quicklyl untwisted by hand when it is desired to change the ad-SO justment thereof.

The wire forming the members 9 and l0 is sufficiently stiff to enable the standard to perform its plant supporting function, and it is sufliciently flexible to permit the members to be twisted for the purpose set forth.

The lower end portion of the lower member l0 of the standard 2 is adapted to slide vertically through the eye 8 of the brace 3; and, 90 when the plant support is inserted into the earth or soil the legs 7 of the brace 3 and also the lower end portion of the standard member l0 are pushed down into the soil a sufficient distance to support the standard` in vertical position with the desired stability which may be regulated to a great extent by pushing the standard member 10 through the eye 8 of the brace 3 and into the soil to a greater or less extent as compared tothe 1 00 extent to which the legs 7 of the brace 3 are pushed into the soil.

The braceB serves to increase the stability of the standard 2 when the plant support isk 5 in service; and in instances where the standard is required to support only a very light load the brace 3Y may be dispensed with.

I claim as my invention: l. A plant support comprising upper and lower substantially straight wire members,

the lower portion of the upper memberlap* l ping the upper portion of the lower member, the lower end portion of the upper member being bent into the form of an eye surrounding and slidably fitted to the lower member, the upperend portion of the lower member being bent into the form of an eye surrounding and slidably fitted to the upper member, said members having sucient stilness to support a, growing plant and said members havingsutlicient flexibility to permit them to be twisted together between said eyes, and to be retained in twisted condition by frictional Contact with each other. 2. A plant support comprising a standard and a brace therefor, the brace being constructed of a single piece of wire and com- Iprising a horizontal portion having the central portion 'thereof bentinto a helix forma0 ing a vertically extending eye, and leg portions extending downwardly at the respective ends of the horizontal portion substantially parallel to the axis of said eye for insertion into the soil, and the standard rising from the brace and having its lower end portion f. located within and? slidable through said eye for insertion into the soil between said le s.

gin testimony whereof I aix my signature.

' OTTO A. MULLER. 

